SPORTING youngsters have proved they are a smash hit at tennis by winning a competition for schools.

Year three pupils from Rise Carr Primary School, in Darlington, won the Mini-Tennis Challenge at the town's Dolphin Centre.

Two teams, each consisting of four boys and four girls, were victorious in the contest, which was open to all junior schools in the town.

It was the second year in succession that Rise Carr Primary School has won the tournament.

Now the youngsters will go forward to compete in the regional final of the contest, in Middlesbrough, in June.